ARUN ANNAMALAI

Resourceful Operations Executive with 26 years of experience working in domestic and international positions. Smart working professional leader skilled in both strategic planning and tactical execution. Experienced in financial management, operations, hiring and development. Talented at building collaborative partnerships and supporting employees in achieving professional success. Results-oriented Operations Executive with wide experience handling business operations, personnel and financials. Great expertise in auditing and management consulting. In-depth knowledge of business planning and forecasting.

• SWOT Technologies Pvt Ltd, Vice President - Operations, 04/10/2023 - Present, SWOT Technologies is a pioneer in Enterprise solutions for the manufacturing companies. They have an ERP product catering to the SMEs of India. 25+ years and 400+ clients in the Engineering and automotive sector., Understanding the customer needs and providing solution based on the needs, Sales and pre-sales team management, Managing the development & Support teams, Mentoring a team of consultants & Managers, Architecting of the solution to suit the client based on the business model, Integration Designing with the clients IoT or Legacy systems, Planning and tracking resources and their performance with the team & client periodically, Upgrading and adapting to modern technologies of the Industry 4.0/ 5.0, To maintain cordial relationship with the client, team and management
• Arisoft Innovations Pvt. Ltd., Pre-Sales and Technical Solutions Head - MES Solutions, 26/04/2022 - 31/09/2023, Arisoft Innovations Pvt. Ltd. is a company based out of Canada. Their major customer base is in Canada. They are the channel partners of Delmiaworks ERP globally. Their major customers include SteriPro, Flavor Art, Onyx, Stokes and Amber, Iljin, Russell, All time Plastics, Shree Mahaveer in India., Pre-sales and technical solutioning, Mentoring a team of consultants & Managers, Architecting of the solution to suit the client based on the business model, Integration Designing with the clients ERP or Legacy systems, Planning and tracking resources and their performance with the team & client periodically, RFP and Bid management based on time lines, To maintain cordial relationship with the client, team and management
• Planvisage Software Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Program Manager - SCM Practice, 06/09/2004 - 25/04/2022, Planvisage is a Supply Chain Management Consulting and Solution provider catering to the needs of Manufacturing/ Trading industries in the area of Supply chain, head quartered at Bangalore. Their major customers include CUMI, Motorola, TAFE, TI Cycles, TVS Tyres, AmaraRaja Batteries, Strides Arco labs, MoserBayer, Nelcast, Bimetal bearings, HAL, Hindware, Blustar, Loyal textiles and ITC., Delivery & Channel Management, Mentoring a team of consultants & Managers, Architecting of the solution to suit the client based on the business model, Integration Designing with the clients ERP or Legacy systems, Planning and tracking resources and their performance with the team & client, To ensure on-time completion of Project deliverables, To Interact and Be the single point of contact for the Top Management of the Client, To evaluate the Key Performance Indicators delivery as agreed, To ensure delivery of ROI to the client, To review the progress of the deliveries & quality at multiple client locations, To maintain cordial relationship with the client, team and management
• Raanat Engineering Product Pvt. Ltd. & Midtown Mfg. Pvt. Ltd.(Group Co.), Assistant Manager - Production, 3 years, Raanat Engg. & Midtown Mfg. are group companies. They are the auto ancillaries catering to the Auto OEMs Lucas TVS, Breaks India, Ucal Fuel, Delphi TVS, ICF, etc.,. in the area of pressed components. It is also a member of ACMA-GOI-UNIDO Southern region partnership program., To coordinate with other department heads and organize meetings, To achieve on time deliveries, To prepare resource and material allocation based on demand, To coordinate and conduct Audit reviews, Cost performance and variance analysis report, To co-ordinate with customers for priorities, Coordinator for UNIDO program, Head of ERP project, To upgrade ISO to 2000 version, Customer focused improvements on bottlenecks, To bring in employee involvement in the improvement activities, Provided training to employees from top management till the operators on ERP as well as TQM & ISO, Liaison with the software developer, testing on the functionality and implementing the Custom built ERP, To do the PPT presentation on the development in the UNIDO activities of the company in the monthly MRM held in various cluster companies across South India, To conduct UNIDO MRM inviting all the cluster companies and showcasing the development activities, Forex & logistics management for import of material
• Jayalakshmi Engineering Works, Jr.Engineer - Production Planning, 3 years, Jayalakshmi Engg. is a sub contracting company for BHEL, catering to them in the area of sheet metal fabrications., To make schedules based on the orders received from BHEL, To interact with the Materials Department for the availability of materials on time, To give the task for the day to the production department, To give the orders to the sub contracting people and follow up, To ensure the order gets dispatched on time

Had been a Visiting faculty at a few B-Schools mentoring tomorrows managers. As a passion I do it. I handle Classes in the areas of Finance, Operations, SCM, ERP, Inventory management, Strategy, Portfolio management and other related subjects. Mostly with a case study approach.